Scientists unearth grisly secrets of Treblinka

  NEW YORK (Press Release)-It’s one of the most notorious cold cases of World War II — 900,000 Jews transported by the Nazis to a camp in eastern Poland, never to be seen again. Rare documents and eyewitnesses claimed Treblinka was a death camp even more ruthlessly efficient than Auschwitz-Birkenau, but evidence was thin, because […]

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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education

Butterflies and emotions soar at JCC exhibit

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — “I didn’t choose the Butterfly Project…it chose me!” Artist and guest speaker Cheryl Rattner Price is referring to the deeply moving and transformational exhibit currently displayed in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center’s Gotthelf Art Gallery.  This show is not only poignant and profound, but also artistically compelling and

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 10, 1958, Part 1

Attention Family Historians:  If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment

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Adventures in SD History

Christians rally in Israel against Muslim discrimination

    By Aryeh Savir TEL AVIV – One hundred fifty Christian citizens of Israel demonstrated Sunday, March 23, outside the European Union’s delegation in Tel Aviv against the EU’s silence in relation to what they termed “the ethnic cleansing of Christians throughout the Middle East.” The protesters demanded that the EU act on their own cry for

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Middle East

Employees surfing unrelated Internet sites are stealing

 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This question is based on a question posed to the “Ethicist” column in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. My colleague at work spends most of his time posting to the website, Reddit. He could be posting information about his boss or work environment that could

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Ya’alon flap: Serious breach with U.S. or simply theatre?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Are the emperors wearing any clothes?   We can ask the question about those leading the US, Israel, Palestine, and no doubt several other places. Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon reached the headlines again for what ranking Americans perceived as insulting remarks about the weakness of the United States shown in dealing

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA